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    RN to MD?

    Hi everyone, Thanks for reading this. I am an ER RN in my mid-20s in WA. I have always wanted to work in healthcare. When I was a child, I dreamt of becoming a doctor, however, once I learned about the rigorous admission requirements and long hours of residency, I decided I wanted to go the...
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    • nontrad nontraditional nontraditional applicant nontraditional applicant looking for advice nurse to doctor premed wamc
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    • Forum: Nontraditional Students
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    WAMC + School List Nurse / DNP Student 3.27 cgpa and 503 MCAT

    Hello everyone! Thank you to this wonderful community for your time. I am a NonTrad who worked before college then went to Nursing School. I recently withdrew from a DNP program to pursue Medicine DO or MD I personally love both. I am finishing most of my prereqs this Summer. I have posted...
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    Correctional vs. Inpatient Nursing on Med School App

    I've never posted to SDN before so if I've done something incorrectly or posted in the wrong place or whatnot, please let me know. I'm an RN who is applying to med school in relatively near future. Not super near but.. decently near. I currently have two mutually exclusive opportunities...
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    Another Nursing student pondering going to medical school

    I am 21 and currently about halfway done with a BSN program. Before applying to nursing school I volunteered in a Urology outpatient office and I shadowed the nurses. That was when I kinda started to question if I wanted to be a nurse or an MD. I didn't like how they were just kinda following...
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    • bsn bsn premed help bsn to do bsn to md md & do nurse nurse to doctor premed premed advising premed advisor
    • Replies: 14
    • Forum: Nontraditional Students
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    Scripps Post Bac

    I'm considering applying to Scripps Post Bacc this August and I am curious to hear some opinions about the program/my chances. I'm currently an RN in a Cardio Thoracic ICU and have been for nearly 2 years now. I graduated nursing school with a 3.71 gpa and my SAT score was a 2070 ( when there...
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    Previous med student wanting to reapply

    hi, I attended a DO school for 3 semesters, all in good standing. At that time I took a medical leave of absence for a year and planned to return the following year. After taking leave though I changed my career path to nursing and needless to say did not return. Like I said, I left in good...
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    • nontrad nurse nurse to doctor previous med student reapply
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    • Forum: Re-Applicants
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    C+ or W In biochemistry

    I am a non- traditional student (have a nursing degree), 3.5 cGPA, 3.3sGPA, will be taking the MCAT this august. I am taking biochemistry now with bio, will probably be taking my second physics next fall along with other courses just because. I am in a predicament I haven't done well in the...
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    RN-BSN wanting to be an MD

    Hello readers, I am a 25 year old RN who had graduated with a 3.1 GPA (in NYC) with a bachelors degree in Nursing. I have worked for 1 year on the job and as I was sort of "free to practice" without the restraints of being a student, now that I am licensed I realize that I should definitely...